September 15, 2003	Monday	Rajab 17, 1424

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Degree course in hotel management soon ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The ministry of tourism will shortly launch a degree programme in hotel management in affiliation with the hotel industry of Switzerland....		Collaborative research programme launched ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has recently launched a programme that would help the local research institutions benefit from the experience of the expatriates serving as faculty members...
Tax officials transfer ordered ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Justice Saleem Akhtar (retired) has asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to transfer tax officials who blackmailed people....		Powers not yet given to BoM of hospitals RAWALPINDI, Sept 14: The new board of management (BoM) of autonomous hospitals established a few months ago after replacement of the former BoM due to controversies, which had virtually brought its...
2 promoted as rear admiral ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Commodore Naveed Ahmed and Commodore Abrar Hussain have been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, says a notification issued by the defence ministry here on Sunday....		Unhygienic food sale on rise RAWALPINDI, Sept 14: Sale of rotten and unhygienic commodities is common in both the cantonment and Tehsil areas due to the failure of the civic bodies to check the quality of...
Widow moves NAB for recovery of looted money ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: A widow has moved an application to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB chairman, Lt Gen Muneer Hafiz for help in recovery of Rs32,68,012, which had been withdrawn from...		‘Agosta sub an example of Pakistan-France cooperation’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) chief and parliamentary leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said Pakistan has old and good friendly relations with France which will...
Livestock sector development stressed RAWALPINDI, Sept 14: Experts at a seminar here on Sunday stressed the need for disease-free livestock and termed it inevitable for the country which would become a member of the World...		Security beefed up around Army House RAWALPINDI, Sept 14: Rawalpindi has been put on heightened security alert in the wake of intelligence reports of terrorists threat to President Pervez Musharraf, official sources said on Sunday....
407,109 people sent abroad in last 3 years ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: As many as 407,109 people have been sent abroad for employment during the last three years, from 2001 to July this year, official sources told this agency on...		184 accused arrested in August: police ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The capital territory police last month arrested 184 accused, including 23 proclaimed offenders, and recovered valuables worth millions of rupees, a spokesman for the police said on Sunday....
Gwadar turning into mega seaport GWADAR, Sept 14: Life in the Arabian Sea fishing town of Gwadar, whose only claim to fame until now has been as a spot through which Alexander the Great executed his...		Nationalists pledge to protect Baloch rights QUETTA, Sept 14: Nationalist leaders have vowed to protect the rights of Baloch and resist the establishment of cantonments, construction of Gwadar port and military operation in the province....
Canada to deport Pakistani SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 14: The Canada immigration & refugees board has decided to deport a Pakistani, Fahim Kayani, 28, who was involved in a terrorism investigation....		Polio monitoring cell to be set up QUETTA, Sept 14: A polio monitoring cell will be established in the Governor’s Secretariat to closely monitor and appraise the ongoing polio eradication campaign in Balochistan....
Stage set for final round of LFO talks ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The stage is set for the final round of talks between the ruling coalition and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on the Legal Framework Order on Tuesday to finalize a...		Achievements, failures of army rule discussed RIYADH, Sept 14: Pakistan Bar Council President Hamid Khan has claimed that after the promulgation of the Provisional Constitutional Order, the then Chief Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqi was kept under house arrest...
Kasuri holds talks with Lankan PM COLOMBO, Sept 14: Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri arrived here on Sunday to officially invite Sri Lanka to attend the delayed South Asian summit, an official said....		Gen Aziz in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sept 14: Pakistan’s top military general, Mohammad Aziz Khan, arrived here on Sunday on a five-day official visit during which he is due to hold talks with President Chandrika Kumaratunga,...
2 new Corps Commanders ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The President on Sunday appointed two new Corps Commanders, one of them from newly-promoted Lieutenant Generals....		HR prize to Indian journalist, Pakistani analyst NUREMBERG, Sept 14: Indian journalist Nesta Setalvad and Director of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan I. A. Rehman were handed this year’s International Nuremberg Human Rights Prize on Sunday....
President to visit China BEIJING, Sept 14: President Pervez Musharraf will pay a four-day official visit to China from Nov 4....		Computer centre opened QUETTA, Sept 14: The Family Planning Association of Pakistan (FPAP) has established a computer literacy centre in the provincial metropolis to promote information technology among the youth....
Survey teams accused of ignoring victims: Rain-affected areas BADIN, Sept 14: The survey teams assessing losses caused by the recent rains and consequent floods have been accused by affected people of committing irregularities and collecting stereotype figures of the...		MMA eager to end deadlock, says Fazl SWABI, Sept 14: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s first and foremost priority is to end the deadlock over constitutional amendments by persuading the government to present the Legal Framework Order in the Parliament,...
Growers reject WTO regime PESHAWAR, Sept 14: Growers on Saturday held a demonstration in front of the local press club to protest against the World Trade Organization regime....		Jamali declares two more talukas calamity-hit BADIN Sept 14: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Sunday declared the remaining two talukas of the Badin district calamity-affected areas and waived off land revenue, Ushr and Abyana for...
Lightning kills 3 children KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Sept 14: Three children of a family were killed and another was seriously injured when thunderstorm and lightning struck Loi Sam, some 15km from here, on Saturday night....		‘Surplus pool to be abolished’ DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Sept 14: The Dera Development Authority’s employees will be provided job protection by abolishing the surplus pool....
Protest over disputed water projects continues LARKANA, Sept 14: The Sindh National Front (SNF) fears that if the greater Thal canal and Kalabagh Dam projects are implemented against the wishes of the people of Sindh, the arising...		Industrialist says 43 units closed DADU, Sept 14: At least 43 industrial units in the city had been closed down due to insecurity, said Dadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief Ghulam Shah Malkani here on...
Plea to repair roads in Tharparkar MITHI, Sept 14: Tharparkar roads  badly damaged by monsoon rains  are likely to become unmotorable if not repaired soon....		PR rent recovery upsets ex-employees MIANWALI, Sept 14: The Pakistan Railways has recently served notices on 90 of its retired employees, including disabled, for the recovery of huge rent amounts....
Parties, trade bodies back tenants’ cause MULATN, Sept 14: Activists of various political and trade union organizations staged a demonstration here on Sunday to protest against what they alleged highhandedness of the state institutions against growers and...		Case against ASI, four constables GUJRANWALA, Sept 14: Five policemen, including an ASI, were booked on Sunday on charges of trespassing the house of a landlord and manhandling women in Kohlowala village, Naushera Virkan....
Overcharging on jail premises GUJRANWALA, Sept 14: Relatives of the prisoners of central jail and other visitors have accused the contractors running shops on jail premises of overcharging, and demanded an inquiry against the authorities...		Politicians claim credit for train TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 14: Since the announcement of Pakistan Railways that a train would be running between Lahore and Khanewal via Faisalabad, Gojra, Toba and Shorkot Cantonment by the end...
Compensation paid after five years MULTAN, Sept 14: The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Khanewal, took five years to pay compensation to the heirs of its two sewermen drowned while clearing a choked gutter....		Posting of female EDO (education) opposed SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 14: District Nazim Tawakalullah Virk said on Saturday although the district council had opposed the posting of a female executive district education officer here, the department had yet to...
SQM opposes water projects MULATN, Sept 14: The Seraikistan Qaumi Movement (SQM) has opposed all the water projects President Gen Pervez Musharraf proposed in his televised address to the nation on Saturday....		Cash, gold taken away SIALKOT, Sept 14: Dacoits looted cash, gold ornaments and valuables worth Rs1.5 million in three incidents in Thakra Mahay village, Begowala, Daska tehsil, on Saturday night....
Light rain in Kasur KASUR, Sept 14: The city and its surrounding areas, including Khuddian, Mustafaabad, Mandi Usmanwala, received light rain on Sunday, turning the weather pleasant....		PSO buyer won’t be given free hand to fix prices: Gas subsidy to go: minister LAHORE, Sept 14: The government will not give the buyer of the Pakistan State Oil a free hand in fixing the price of petroleum products, says Federal Petroleum and Natural Resources...
Wapda incentives for ginners LAHORE, Sept 14: Wapda (Water and Power Development Authority) has notified a package of incentives for the cotton-ginning industry....		Ravi a pathetic shell of its former self LAHORE, Sept 14: The river Ravi was once a popular picnic point for the people of Lahore and a constant source of fish for them. But, the river and its surroundings...
Bill in next PA session: Regulation of private hospitals LAHORE, Sept 14: Two draft bills for checking quackery, regulation of private medical institutions and upgradation of nursing cadre will be presented for legislation in the next Punjab Assembly session....		Demolition of houses around Shalamar proposed LAHORE, Sept 14: The Unesco has proposed to demolish over 100 houses along the Shalamar Gardens to establish a buffer zone around it to protect the monument. It has also proposed...
MMA ready for joint constitutional bill LAHORE, Sept 14: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) says that it may be ready to present a joint constitutional bill in the National Assembly provided it contains the understanding reached during its...		Law on BOT projects soon LAHORE, Sept 14: The Punjab government is considering to introduce a law to give uniformity to the terms and conditions of all development projects to be completed on a built-operate-transfer basis....